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Answer: A complete wash must be taken in the following six instances: Janaba: that is after the ejaculation of semen or penetration. Menstruation: this is blood which a women usually sees being discharged once a month. The discharge of blood etc (lochia) after childbirth. (For a woman), discharge of blood, other than the monthly menstruation and a minor menstruation - for a full explanation reference should be made to a more detailed volume.

Touching a corpse: a complete wash becomes obligatory if one touches the dead body of a human being after it has grown cold and before it has been washed. A dead person: it is obligatory that he or she be given a complete wash. Question: What are the recommended complete washes? Answer: There are many such as, for instance, the wash on Fridays, Festival Days1 and on the nights of the month of Ramadan. Question: What is the mode of taking a complete wash?

Answer: It can be taken in one of two ways: Submersing oneself: plunging oneself once into pure water, which it is legally permissible to use (halal), in such a way that the water covers the whole body. Washing in a certain order: firstly washing the head and neck, then the right side of the body and, after that, the left side of the body. 1 The a‘yad (pl. of ‘id). However, one who cannot perform ablutions or take a complete wash is required by Islam to do tayammum.

TAYAMMUM Question: What is that? Answer: Tayammum consists of: Striking the palms of the two hands on clean and legally permissible earth, then shaking them and after that wiping the forehead with the two palms, from the beginning of the hairline up to the top part of the nose. 2. Wiping the upper part of the hands with the palms by first wiping the upper part of the right hand with the palm of the left hand and vice-versa.

Again striking the palms of the two hands on the earth and wiping the upper part of the hands with them in the way just described. Clearly these rites of purification have to be done with the intention of seeking nearness to God and consequently they not only purify a person externally but also cleanse him or her inwardly, since seeking to draw close to God necessitates also the cleansing of the soul. PLACES for WORSHIP Question: What do you mean by places for worship?

Answer: The Prophet of Islam, Muhammad (God’s blessings and peace be upon him and his progeny) says: “The ground has been made for me a place of prostration (masjid) and its earth [made] pure for me”1.